**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Honorable Homer Garrison, Jr.,, Dtreator Departlarnt of rublio Safety Camp **hiabry Austin,**  Texer Dear Sir! Opinion No. 

### o-6987

Your request for our read8 ar follow81 e above questions

o truok driven by a
**mob ambulanos**  **or** &arm when on11 a part of hi8 irfng ruoh 8utomobilei” 87b, Vernon’8 **Annotated** Civil **Statutes,** ae follow8l waotion 1. Detlnitlon of worda and phraser. *The rouowing word8 ana phrase8 when u80a a thi8 Aot shall, for the purpoas of thir Aot, have the meanLng8 re8peotiVsly a8oribed t0 them in this title. 

## 880Hon. HOIUerGarri8On, page 2

a* * *’ "(1) tDrirrr.c mory perronwho 

### briVO8 or 

### 18 ln aotual phyrioal oontroloi a vrhiolr. "(la)'Operator.@ 

### Every person, other than a 0hwr0ur or oommerolal operator, who 18 In aotual phyrioal oontrol~oia motor rehiolr upon a highway. '*(n) ~Oomerolal Operator.' 

### Every perron who 18 thr 

### driver of a motor vehiole berigneacmmsea ror ths tran8portation of pMperty inoluding

### al]. vehioler used for delivery purpo888,while 8aia vehlole 18 bdng UWa 

### ror oomaeroial or belivery 

### purpoeer. “(0) 

### *ChaufS8url Every perronwho is the driver for wage8 oompenration or hire, or ior fare, oi a motor vehiole tranrportingp~888IlgOrfi. a** l 

### “(q) ‘rflghway.~ The entire width between property line8 of any road, ntreet,way, thoroughfare, or bridge in this State not privately owned 

### or oontrolled, when any psrt thereof ir open to the publio for vehioular trarfio and over whioh the Stat.0 ha8 legialatlv~ juriealotion under it8 polioe power.*' "980, 

### z. Drivers must have lioense. *(a) No perronb exoopt tho8rhorelnaiter expre88lp 

### l qmptsd,~ shall drive any motor vehiole u on 

### a highway in thi8 Stat. 

### Utl1OU88UOh Qer8OIl h88 l vaPid liOWW@ 88 an operator, 

### a oomaeroial

### operator, or a ohatifeur under 

### the prO7i8iOll8 Of thi8 Aotr

“(b) Any person boiaing a valid ohaufreuP8 or oomaerolal operator’8 lioenn 

### henuaaer neea not proour an operator'8 liosnr*:~ r* * *
'SOO. 3. '#betperronr are exe@ from lioem8e. -The follawlng per80118are exempt from liOen80 hersunder n* * * 

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aOn. HOmer Garri8on, Jr., page 3

*+ * *provided, howovor, 

### It rb811not br tmoe8-~ 

### aary for an eaployer or any Inoorporatra olty, town, or vlllagr or thi8 St8t8, or oounty or thi8 state, when holding an 

### opentort per&t, to obkiri 

### a ohaufr*ur,r lIoen8e in 

### order to operatr m orrl0lal 

### motorvahlolr 

### In tha rerrlor 

### of 8uoh 

### Inoorporatod olty, tovm, villago,or oounty:*
It 18 014 Opinion that th0 above **qUOt@d** prOVi8iOn8 **Oi** raid statute requlro thedrltor or a olty-0wnrd fir0 truok to h8vs 8n operator*8 lIorn88,unlr88 

### ho 8hO8dy h4l8 8 Valid ohaurreur~r or oof8a8raIal operrtor*8 lloen80. If **uld** drlvor ha8 aither a valid ohautfrur'8

### or oommeroial operator’8 110 oenle, he 18 not rrquizvd to 8180 harr 85 operatort ltoenre.
the A8 to your quO8tionNo. 2,w8 are of the opinion that **uoted** provlaiona of raid rtatuk 

### require the driver Of a pr4rately-owned l nbul8nor

### or he8rsa to have 

### a ohaurreur,r lioenre
. The faot that 8uOh driver 

### performed Other autler 

### and that the driving of 8aid ambulanor 

### or heam. wa8 only a part 0r hi8 aUti88 would not make any differmoe, a8 ha I8 required to have 8 lloenre when he I8 In aotual phy8leal oontrol of a motor vehlolrupon a highway for any period or time. Your att8ntlon I8 dlnoted to Subdivialon 6 of geotlon 

### 3 or 

### raid Itatute, however 

### a8 to oertaln pr8onr who 8r0 exempt rrof8all r8qulre08ntr rdatii. 

### to reourlng a &river'8 lioense, laid SubdIvIrIon 6 I'.ading 88 fOiiOW8: 'Any porron In thr**A.rtmd**yOZ'o.8or theUnited Stat88 who i8 on leave or **furlough** or who m8y br temponrily abwnt rrcm hlr or her 

### post or duty, 

### or who ha8 boon honorably dIroharg8d from the 

### drmodPoroea of the 

### United State8 of 

### Aarsrloa for not 

### more than rlx 

### (6) month81 provided, holever, 

### that thI8 exemption rhall extend Only until the omrsatlon or ho8tllItIea In the

### present war 

### and for one year thrrcafter.r /7."..~ ., :.:j Your8 very truly, 

# ,& u ATTOBMY GiJUUL OP T&AS

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